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To eliminate unpleasant surprises when moving long-distance, it pays to plan ahead and be organized.

This is a good time to prepare a list of names, addresses, and phone numbers of utility companies, phone companies, attorneys, stockbrokers, doctors, dentists, veterinarians, insurance companies, newspapers and magazines, etc., in your current home town. *Arrange for cancellation of utility servics in your old home town and find out who to contact in your new home town. Make your "stop service" orders for two or three days after you move from your old home to cover any unforeseen delays. *Remember to either, transfer your fire, theft, and property insurance to your new home or arrange for new coverage. *Notify the post office of your change of address and the effective date of change. *consult your list of names and addresses and mail out change-of-address cards, available at your post office. *Start establishing credit in your new city. Make arrangements to transfer funds from your present bank to the one you select in your new community. *Decide which local charge accounts you'll keep, and which you'll close. *Inform the State Motor Vehicle Bureau of your new address. List all family members who have a driver's license. *Take an inventory of each room. Get the whole family in on this one, and try to take a room a day. make lists of items to keep, sell, give away, store, or discard. *Gather items that need to be cleaned. Consider carpets and draperies, as well as clothes. When the cleaning comes back, keep it bagged and packaged, so it will stay fresh and clean during the move. *Draw a floor plan of your new home to plan the location of your furniture. *Check your kitchen, pantry, and freezer, and plan menus to use up canned and frozen foods.

Check all the items above. *Make your family's travel plans; chart routes amd make hotel reservations. *Have all the family cars checked and serviced. *Make up special "Take-With" cartons or suitcases to take in the car. List the essentials that will go into these boxes, things like cleaning products, paper towels, bathroom tissues, sponges, towels, hand soap, lightbulbs, trash bags, etc. Organize a clothes list for each family member. *With the entire family's help, list all items that are at the cleaners, dressmakers, out for repair, borrowed by friends, or on lay-away at local stores. *Return library books. *Have your garage sale or call a local charity for give-aways. *Pack an emergency tool kit and a first aid kit for the car.

Here are some last minute details. *Withdraw the contents of your safety deposit box, and plan how to transport your valuables to your new home. *Close out all bak accounts. Get plenty of travelers' checks for use en route. Don't travel with lots of cash. *Wash the last loads of laundry needed before you move. *Give away or throw away open foodstuffs or flammable items. *Prepare appliances. *Finish packing suitcases. Include comfortable work clothes, as well as dresser sports clothes.

The big day arrives. *Eat a good breadfastl; you've got a busy day ahead of you. *Go through the house with the mover to inventory all furniture. Make certain he has the correct new adress and knows how to contact you before his arival. *laeave your forwarding address for the new tenants. *Make one final check of your home to be sure nothing is left behind. Is the water shut off? Are all utilities either off or scheduled to be disconnected/ Are the windows shut and locked? Is the heat/air conditioning turned off - or at least turned down? Did you notify the police and the landlord or realtor® that the house is empty? Did you turn off all lights? After you've locked the house and left the keys with someone responsible, take a deep breath and relax. Your're done on this end, and all your careful planning and organizing are going to pay off down the road.